Assessing Communication Skills in a Clinical Environment using iPads
byIn the Faculty of Health Sciences we know how essential it is that students receive specific and timely feedback to help them improve…
Teaching tips
Creating pencasts to explain concepts and processes
byA number of colleagues in the Business School have started experimenting with pencast videos to embed into their courses. Pencasts allow you to explain…
Minimising academic integrity breaches through timely reporting and early intervention
byIn this article we highlight the importance of timely incident reporting for maximising the effectiveness of educational interventions for students, minimising recidivism, and assisting…
Supporting your students using the Academic Skills MOOCs
byAcademic Skills for University Success MOOCs Over the past year the Centre for English Teaching online team has created a series of five MOOCs (collectively…
Engaging students in pre-work – wisdom from the crowd
byMaking sure students prepare for class and complete assigned work is a longstanding challenge for all educators. We’ve written on Teaching@Sydney previously about one…
EdTool Tips #6: The Not So Secret Guide to Groups in Blackboard
byIt is that time of the year again when we’re getting our sites up and running and matching our Blackboard configuration to our teaching…
My experience of assessment in a fully online unit
byAs I’m currently enrolled in a fully online MSc programme, I thought I’d share some honest observations about my experience of being assessed in…
Week 4 // Open… Site? – Sharing innovations in blended learning
byWeek 4 // Open Door is an event where staff from around the University are invited to attend colleagues’ face-to-face classes so that we…
Tutorial teaching for the first time: some advice for preparation
byWith the beginning of semester 1 looming, many higher degree research candidates will be preparing to tutor for the first time. This is likely…
The myth of the ‘digital native’
byIn 2001, Marc Prensky’s paper ‘Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants’ burst onto the education scene with a metaphor that managed to put into words what a…